Button.



E. 0. PRESBY.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION man MAYI, 1914.

161a! ""m nnm Patented May 4, 191 5.

EDWIN o. PRESBY, our NEW YORKQN. Y.

BUTTON.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN PRnsBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the inventlon, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to buttons especially for use withlacings, and has for its purpose to provide a button of that type havinga rigid stud or shank and whlch may be readily attached to the ordinarylacing eyelet openings to receive the lacing, and which will hold thesame in an effective manner and readily allow of unlacing.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a button substitute foreyelet lacings to the end that shoes having the latter style offastening may be readily changed to the other and with very littletrouble and ense. With these and other objects in view the inventionconsists in the novel details of construction and combinations of partsmore fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and inwhich similar reference symbols indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views: F igure 1 illustrates the application of the invention toa shoe. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the button andshowing its several parts and manner of assembly. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the several members of the button in disassembledrelation. Fig. 4: is a modified construction of one of the parts.

Referring to the construction in further detail, the button consists ofa tubular member 1 having a flange 2 and a reduced portion 3 at itsrespective ends. A base member 4 having a base piece 5 and a tubularshank 6 passes through the tubular member 1, as in the manner shown inFig. 2, and said tubular shank 6 is constructed with a reduced portion 7forming an annular shoulder 8, and said portion 7 is spllt, as at 9,whereby to give the necessary resiliency for passing through the reducedend 3 of the member 1 and forming a close fit therewith. The tubularmember 1 and base member 4 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May4,1915.

Application filed May 7, 1914. Serial No. 838,971.

tightly fit within the opening of the eyelet 10 that is secured to theshoe upper 11, through the medium of flanged edges 12 or in any otherapproved manner. The annular shoulder 8 of the member 4: engages withthe inner end 13 of the member 1, and serves to hold said members 1 and1 in proper relative axial relation, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The button per se comprises a rounded head 14; having an integrallyformed and rigid shank 15 that has an enlarged and split end 16. Theshank 15 is adapted to pass through the tubular shank of the base membert and be secured thereto byupsetting the end 16, as will be obvious. Toupset said end a block or mandrel 16 is provided, and is formed with acavity or recess 17 to receive the shank end 16 and cause the latter tobe blunted or upset in the manner of riveting. The head 14 fits over andcompletely incloses the flanged end 2 of the tubular member 1; and theshank 15 has a relatively close fit with the shank portion 7 andtogether with the reduced portion 3 of the tubular member 1, the severalparts afford a substantial and rigid shank for the button, and hold thesame in a position well suited to receive the shoe lacing A and with theordinary tension to which the latter is subjected.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the base piece 5 is elongated and ofless width than the corresponding part 5 in the other structure, but inall other respects this part of the button is the same as that abovedescribed. The object in having the base piece elongated (viz. 5 is toprovide an elongated supporting surface for the button shank in order toavoid liability of tilting of the shank when the laces are drawn.

The button as disclosed herein, while adapted for use in most any formof eyelet where lacing is used, is especially adapted for use on shoes,as illustrated in Fig. 1. As previously set forth this arrangementallows of an outside lacing to be applied to. shoes which areconstructed with eyelets.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to suchfeatures except as may be required by the claims.

I claim:

1. A lacing button for shoes comprising atubular member, a base memberhaving a tubular shank and an annular shoulder, adapted to pass throughsaid tubular member, and to engage said tubular 'member;

and a head having a rigid shank adapted to pass through said tubularshankand to be secured thereto by upsetting, substantially as described.

- 2. A lacing button for shoes comprising a tubular member; a basemember having a tubular shank adapted to pass through said tubularmember; and a head having a rigid shank adapted to pass throughsaidtubular" shank, said shank having an enlarged and split head adaptedto be upset against said base member whereby to secure the severalparts, substantially as described. I

3. A lacing button for shoes comprising a r tubular member having areduced end portion; a base member having a tubular shank,

said shank having a reduced portion adapted 'to pass through and to forma close fit With said reduced tubular portion; and a head having areduced end portion; a 'base mem' tubular member formed With a flangeand.

ber having a tubular shank, said shank hav' ing a reduced portionadapted to pass through and to'form a close fit with said reducedtubular portion; and a head having a rigid shank adapted to pass throughand. to form a close fit with said tubularshan'k 1 and .tobe securedthereto by upsetting, and

said head being adaptedto engage the flange of said base member,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

v EDWIN O. PRESBY. Witnesses EDWARD E. BAKER,

'B. M. 'PRESBY. 7

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Washington, D. '0.

